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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives in Denver while Sal is staying there?
(a) Old Bull Lee.
(b) Mississippi Gene.
(c) Remi Boncoeur.
(d) Eddie.

2. What job does Sal find in Bakersfield?
(a) Picking cotton.
(b) Picking fruit.
(c) Security guard at an army barracks.
(d) Working at a carnival.

3. In Des Moines, Sal experiences the distinction of the East of his youth and the West of his __________________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Middle-age crisis.
(b) Golden years.
(c) Future.
(d) Adolesence.

4. Where do Sal and Dean decide to visit before returning to San Francisco?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) Houston.

5. Which reason is NOT a reason why Sal dislikes his job at the army barracks?
(a) He and Remi get free groceries from the commissary.
(b) He has to make one arrest per month.
(c) He has to stay awake all night.
(d) He would rather drink with the men than reprimand them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucille think about Sal's friends?

2. Who was born on the road?

3. Which of the flat bed truck riders stays with Sal in Cheyenne?

4. What does Lee Ann do after Remi loses their money at the horse races?

5. What do Sal and his friends do in Central City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in Sal Paradise's life before he meets Dean Moriarty?

2. What does Sal learn about Dean's love life in Denver?

3. How does Sal react after he introduces Dean Moriarty to Carlo Marx?

4. Why does Sal Paradise travel West?

5. What does Dean inform the group about at a party where Carlo is reading his poetry?

6. What does Sal find out when he calls Chad King after he arrives in Denver?

7. What does Old Bull Lee warn Sal about in New Orleans?

8. Why does Sal stop in Cheyenne instead of continuing to Los Angeles with the two brothers from Minnesota?

9. Who does Sal meet on the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles?

10. Who is traveling with Mississippi Gene?

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